Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-LF1 is new highly portable compact camera with a 28-200mm (equivalent) f/2.0-5.9 Leica-branded zoom sitting in front of a 12-Mpix back-illuminated 1/1.7inch type CMOS. It’s also the first of its type to adopt an electronic viewfinder and has built-in WiFi with NFC technology for simplified photo-transfer between smart devices. Read on to see it performs in our labs.

Compact camera sales may be slack due to the ubiquity of smart-phones but enthusiast models are still attractive for their manual control, high-image quality and genuinely compact dimensions. At $499 it sits comfortably at the top-end of the market but it features a 12-Mpix back-illuminated 1/1.7-inch type CMOS sensor and a stabilized Leica Vario-Summicron 28-200mm (equivalent) f/2.0-5.9 zoom. Perhaps the main attraction, certainly a unique feature at this level, is the inclusion of a built in 0.2-inch type 200k dot resolution electronic viewfinder. Other features include a 3-0 inch 920K rear LCD, an exposure mode dial on the top plate and a multi-function control ring surrounding the lens, a feature made popular by the Canon Powershot S100. Not only is it small (102 x 61 x 28mm) and light in weight (170g), but throw in 1080/30/25p video and built-in WiFi with NFC capability for remote operation and wireless transfer, and you have a promising and highly portable camera.

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Featuring a 12-Mpix back-illuminated 1/1.7inch type CMOS sensor, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-LF1 is highly portable compact camera with a hugely versatile, image stabilized 28-200mm (equivalent) f/2.0-5.9 zoom. This is our first lens test on a compact camera with a 1/1.7-inch type image sensor. Read on to see how well this optical zoom 7.1x bearing the prestigious Leica-brand name performs in our labs.

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Strange choice of comparisons

<div id="linkdxomark">This a comment for <a href="http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Camera-Sensor-Database/Panasonic/LUMIX-DMC-LF1">this page on the website</a></div>It would have been a lot more relevant to compare this with Panasonic's own DMC-LX7, which has a similar sensor, and the Nikon Coolpix P7700, which also has a long zoom.

The reviewer seems to have completely missed the point that the LF1 is a travel zoom aimed at people who want to look like photographers not tourists...

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Re: Strange choice of comparisons

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The comment are available to propose other comparison. The one you listed is of course very interesting too. Here is the link:http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Compare-Camera-Sensors/Compare-cameras-side-by-side/%28appareil1%29/876|0/%28brand%29/Panasonic/%28appareil2%29/817|0/%28brand2%29/PanasonicNo specific improvement are to be noticed between the 2 versions, the cameras shares a very close sensor.